Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-03-17
LANSING LETTER.
News Gathered in and About the
Capitol,
And LegIsIntIve DoIngs.


LANSING. March Il, 1887.
The auditor general has reported to the
house the following as the amount Of
taxes paid by liquor dealers during the
year ending Dec. |. 1856:
SpirituCus LIQUORS
IS wholesale dealers. 1888 81
300 retail dealers. ooS, lo9 w
~ whole ale dealers ........... 3,1S3 IS
l,53 retail dealers. 2Se,622 VI
w manu- acturers.. e,4l3 ~
Total from 1850 dealers. 81. ls6, 3o6 50
The bill authorizing the appointment
of game and fish wardens has passed both
hou G.. The bill authorizes the governor,
by and with the consent of the senate, to
appoint a game and fish warden 20 hold Of
fee for four years and to lie paid salary
of 81, 200. II is made the duty of the war
den to enforce the statutes for the preser-
walton OF moose, wapiti, deer, birds and
fish and all other laws for the protection
and propagation of birds, game and fish,
and to bring actions in The name OF the
people TO uuni h any parties for the viola
tion OF said statutes and laws.
The warden is given the same authority
70 serve criminal process AS sheriffs and
the me right a. sheriis to require aid in
executing process. and may arrest without
warrant any person caught by him in the
act of violating said laws. He has also
authority to appoin' IA deputy for each
= eCt We counties ms the warden himself
The deputies are to LIE under the control
and direction OF the warden and are to
receive such compensation as the board OF
supervisors of the county may allow.
TIL. house evidently repents of its &C
tion on the libel bill, and spent nearly the
entire sion the other afternoon discuss
ing the advis blity of recalling the bill
rom the governor. Some misapprehen-
ion a to the re n meaning OF the amend
ment lei 10 an ex mination of the Whole
a t OF los5, and al.o TO a de ire to amend
the act. A resolution was adopted asking
the governor To return the I'LL, aud the
next day Mr.. Hosford moved 60 reconsid-
e. the vote by which this resolution was
was lost--ls to Al. A disc US ion followed
IN the merits Of the bill it ELF. 1t was
part iciparte1 In 10y +. II. Watson, Her
rington. Croker, Diekema, and Snow in
favor OF reralling the bill and 10y Messrs.
Hosfori, ). Baker; H. Wat on, and
finally closet by point of order raised
by w. A. Baker, that it was too late to re-
consider the resolution adopted previously.
The speai;er sustained the point OF order
on tie authority of section l216 Cushing's
manua which holds that there can be no
recons deraticn OF an order, the execution
OF which has already commenced"
The discussion Of insurance matters be-
fore the committee on in urance brought
out some startling facts regarding the
workings of the co operative and grave
yard in urance companies, and the rather
surprising fact that Of twenty five local
companies working in Michigan under the
present law, thirteen were doing legiti-
mate business and twelve so-callsd
grave yard business"
Gov and Mrs. Luce gave n reception to
members of the legislature the other eve
ming. IL was attended generally by the
members of the legislature and the state
officers a by the best of Lansing society
in large force and 10y a number OF dis
tinguished citizens from other parts of the
state. The governor and Mrs. Luce re-
ceived the guests in the executive parlors.
The executive Office, representative hall
and the senate chamber were opened for
the occupancy of the crowds that thronged
the capitol, and though there was no regu-
lar order for dancing the corridors were
utilized for an occasional waltz or polka.
The governor S rooms were adorned with
choice flowers from the agricultural col
lege and the evening was enlivened with
vocal music by Mrs. Turner of Lansing
and by the university gee club, and with
instrumental music by the Jackson or
che. ira.
The bill requiring foreign accident in
surance companies to deposit 100000 in
the Michigan insurance department as
preliminary to doing business in the state,
came up for consideration the other day.
The debate upon this measure was made
the occasion for general hiring or insur-
ance measures.
During the session 10 bills have been in
troduced permitting counties. townships
or villages to borrow money either TO pay
outstanding Indebtedness or for public
improvements" a little persistent inquiry
on the part of the house committee on To-
cal taxation has brought out the fact that
'publc Improvement in most cases
means railroad aid, and large batch OF
the bills will be reported adversely.
The fish warden bill has been reported
favorably, providing for not less than
three nor more than seven wardens.
The members of the state military
board have sent to the senate exhibits in
detail of the expenditures from the mill
tary fund for the year 1856. They amount
to s40016 ~ for the expenses of the board
and military department and s43,s2 rs for
the last encampment. IT Is expected that
for the present year the expense in some
items cen be reduced, but in others they
will lie increased. The board also think
an expenditure of SlA,1i0 for overcoats,
haversacks and canteens will soon become
very urgent.
The bill requiring registers Of deeds to
keep up such indexes as are required by
the supervisors of the several counties, has
passed the house. The bill. as introduced
was intended to apply only to Saginaw
county. but was afterward amended SO as
to apply to the whole state.
The bill to establish the punishment OF
hanging for the crime of murder has been
made the special order for the 18th inst.
The conference committee upon the dis
agreement between the two houses on the
bill forbidding the sale of liquor within a
mi,e of the soldiers home, recommend that
the senate recede from its amendment
saying that the sale of liquor must be
knowingly and wilfully" engaged in
within the prohibited district.
The house committee on the agricultural
college have struck out from the appro-
piiation the items for apartment houses
for the unmarried professors, and for
buildings, bridges and other adornments.
The senate committee on the judiciary
have amended the Breen bill in reference
to the imprisonment of keepers OF houses
of i'll fame by placing under precisely SIM
liar penalties the runners or procurers, TO
whose nefarious work Is largely due the
filing of the establishments in the lumber
camps and border mining stations Of the
upper peninsula. The senate agreed to the
amendment.
The house COMMITTEES on state affairs has
reported favoraby the bill allowing COM
mitments to the Detroit house OF correc-
ton but added the proviso that there
should be no charge to the state or coun-
ties.
An n result of the showing made by
Pre- ident Sill and the Honorable s. 5. Bah